Coal And Coal-bearing Strata: Recent Advances (geological Society Special Publication No. 32)

Coal and Coal-bearing Strata" Recent Advances Geological Society Special Publications Series Editor K. COE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY SPECIAL PUBLICATION N O 32 Coal and Coal-bearing Strata: Recent Advances Keynote addresses and invited papers to a conference held at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College University of London 8-10 April 1986 EDITED ANDREW BY C. SCOTT Geology Department Royal Holloway and Bedford New College University of London 1987 Published for The Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific Publications OXFORD BOSTON LONDON PALO ALTO EDINBURGH MELBOURNE Published for The Geological Society by Blackwell Scientific Publications Osney Mead, Oxford OX2 0EL (Orders: Tel. 0865 240201) 8 John Street, London WC 1 2ES 23 Ainslie Place, Edinburgh EH3 6AJ 52 Beacon Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108, USA 667 Lytton Avenue, Palo Alto, California 94301, USA 107 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia DISTRIBUTORS USA and Canada BlackweU Scientific Publications Inc. PO Box 50009, Palo Alto California 94303 (Orders: Tel. (415) 965-4081) Australia Blackwell Scientific Publications (Australia) Pty Ltd. 107 Barry Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053 (Orders ."Tel. (03) 347 0300) First published 1987 British Libra~ Cataloguing in Publication Data © 1987 The Geological Society. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use, or the internal or personal use of specific clients, is granted by The Geological Society for libraries and other users registered with the Copyright Clearance Center (CCC) Transactional Reporting Service, providing that a base fee of $02.00 per copy is paid directly to CCC, 27 Congress Street, Salem, MA 01970, USA. 0305-8719/87 $02.00 Typeset, printed and bound in Great Britain by William Clowes Limited, Beccles and London Coal and coal-bearing strata: recent advances: keynote and invited papers to a conference held at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London, 8-10 April 1986.--(Geological Society special publication, ISSN 0305-8719; no. 32). 1. Coal--Geology 2. Sedimentation and deposition I. Scott, Andrew C. II. Geological Society of London III. Series 553.2'4 TN800 ISBN 0-632-01906-9 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Coal and coal-bearing strata. (Geological Society special publication; no. 32). Invited keynote papers presented at the International Symposium on Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata held at Royal Holloway and Bedford New College (University of London) from Apr. 8-10, 1986; sponsored by the Geological Society of London. Includes index. 1. Coal--Geology--Congresses. I. Scott, Andrew C. II. Geological Society of London. III. International Symposium on Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata (1986: Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, University of London). IV. Series. TN799.9.C618 1987 ISBN 0-632-01906-9 553.2'4 87-11594 Contents Preface vii SCOTT,A. C. Coal and coal-bearing strata: recent advances and future prospects 1 MOORE, P. D. Ecological and hydrological aspects of peat formation 7 CLYMO,R. S. Rainwater-fed peat as a precursor of coal 17 ZIEGLER, A. M., RAYMOND,A. L., GIERLOWSKI, T. C., HORRELL, M. A., ROWLEY, D. B. & LOTTES, A. L. Coal, climate and terrestrial productivity: the Present and early Cretaceous compared 25 MCCABE, P. J. Facies studies of coal and coal-bearing strata 51 COLLINSON, M. E. 8L SCOTT, A. C. Implications of vegetational change through the geological record on models for coal-forming environments 67 CASAGRANDE,D. J. Sulphur in peat and coal 87 COHEN, A. D., SPACKMAN,W. 8¢;RAYMOND,R. Interpreting the characteristics of coal s